DOOM: The Dark Ages (15th May 2025)

[Julius]

I...am very surprised that I didn't already make a thread for this one!

Announced last summer with a vague release window of '2025', and now given a release date with today's trailer and footage: 

First trailer:

Seems much more accessible than what I heard about Eternal around its release, what with the granular difficulty sliders. A lot more cutscenes and story to it, it seems, too. 

[Hero-of-Time]

Microsoft's handling of their physical releases is just ridiculous. Indiana Jones was the same. Like, whats the point of even release the game physically when there is sod all on the disc? No doubt Gears of War will be the same.

 

[Glen-i]

2 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said:

Microsoft's handling of their physical releases is just ridiculous. Indiana Jones was the same. Like, whats the point of even release the game physically when there is sod all on the disc? No doubt Gears of War will be the same.

Retail presence.

That's about it.

[RedShell]

Well, played through the first couple of levels.

Not sure if I'm really digging it just yet though, the game feels very different to both 2016 Doom and Eternal. 

Hopefully it's just a case of having to get used to the new gameplay mechanics.

Also, the cutscenes are a bit of a letdown so far. They're giving me a Star Wars vibe, and not awesome old school Star Wars, but rather, terrible modern (ruined by Disney) Star Wars vibe.

Although it could very well just be that I'm coming into this right off of Expedition 33, which is basically a masterpiece. 

[Julius]

4 hours ago, RedShell said:

They're giving me a Star Wars vibe, and not awesome old school Star Wars, but rather, terrible modern (ruined by Disney) Star Wars vibe.

smh

WATCH

ANDOR

[Glen-i]

4 hours ago, Julius said:

WATCH

ANDOR

No, no, no, NO!

You gotta do it properly. Like when I was insisting @Dcubed play a certain Fire Emblem game I knew he would like.

WATCH ANDOR, DAMNIT!

[RedShell]

*looks up andor*

It's a series? Yeah, that ain't happening then.

Anyway, back to Star War- I mean, Doom.  Got a few more levels under my belt, including one where you play as a giant mech slayer  (which was good fun) it's like a gory version of the Impact stages from Goemon!  And another where you ride around on a dragon (also fun, after inverting the flight controls ) so it's starting to pick up a bit.

Definitely cool that there's so much gameplay variety so early on. 👍 The only issue with that is how the button mapping for dodging/parries changes from the on foot sections, which is a bit confusing.